Chapter Ten

Elijah & Katherine's House – Queens, New York…

Katherine smiled as she woke up and saw the first thing she wanted to see: her husband's rear end naked as the day he was born. "Hmm, I wish you didn't have to go into work today," she said as she stretched her arms above her head.

Just then, the telephone on the bedside table rang, which woke Elijah out of his deep sleep. Groaning, he said, "Kat, could you answer that?"

Katherine nodded and reached over, picking up the phone, looking at the caller ID and seeing Mikael's number. Curious as to why he was calling this early, she pressed the TALK button and placed the phone by her ear. "Hello?"

"Katherine, it's Mikael," her father-in-law replied. "Is Elijah there? I need to speak with him."

Katherine looked at her husband. "Yes, he is. Hold on." She placed her hand on the phone and said to her husband, "Elijah, it's your father. He says he wants to talk to you, but he didn't give a reason."

Elijah nodded and took the phone from her. "Father, good morning; to what do I owe the pleasure of receiving a wake-up call from you?"

"It's about your sister, Sabrina," Mikael said. "Apparently, her boyfriend cheated on her with another woman and she came home last night. Poor dear was an emotional wreck and told us she had nowhere else to go."

Elijah growled at that. He knew this would happen eventually, since he had the same opinion about Greg as his father did. "I knew that bastard was no good and this proves that we were right." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Well, if Sabrina needs her family around her, then you can guarantee that I'll be there for her. In fact, I can take the day off from work and come by." He looked at Katherine. "And I'll bring Katherine with me, since she'll need a woman to talk to other than Eleanor."

"Splendid," Mikael said. "I'll let Eleanor know that you'll be coming."

Elijah hung up, keeping his eyes on his wife. "Katherine, I'm afraid there's a bit of a family emergency that we have to tend to."

"I know, I overheard your conversation," she replied. "If Sabrina needs us, then let's not waste a second."

"But, I'm sure she won't mind waiting for us to get there, because I have a very beautiful wife that needs my attention first," Elijah said with a teasing smile as he came closer and Katherine began to squeal and dive under the covers, but Elijah was faster and tangled her amongst them before going underneath them to pepper kisses along her smooth thigh.

Katherine felt his lips on her thigh and moaned, softly at first, but it got louder the further up he went. "I'm glad you decided to take the day off today. I was beginning to think you wouldn't be able to because you had to hurry in."

Elijah smiled against her thigh. "You're not the only one, my love." He moved up to capture her lips in a deep and passionate kiss, running his hands up and down her body. Katherine returned his kiss and reached up to run her fingers through his hair, moaning against his lips as she felt the softness of each strand against her skin.

Once he had his fill of her lips, he went for her neck, nipping with his teeth and sucking fervently with his tongue moistening her skin.

Donovan Photography Studio – That Same Moment…

Liam licked his lips as he walked into the room, armed with his camera. He knew that he was taking a risk by taking pictures of Carrie while she was still asleep, but she was just so beautiful, he couldn't resist. Once he got close enough, he snapped the picture, but the second it was taken, Carrie woke up and scowled at him when she saw the camera. "Liam, no," she groaned. "I look like crap."

"Nonsense, love," he replied. "You look beautiful, even more now that you're pregnant. Speaking of which, I'd like to take pictures of you as the pregnancy progresses." He was looking at her still-flat belly. "And that means starting now."

Carrie rolled her eyes and grabbed a pillow, throwing it at him, resulting in a laugh. "Liam, I love you, but it's too early in the morning for this!" She felt a wave of nausea hit her and quickly got up out of bed, hurrying to the bathroom, where she lifted the toilet seat and vomited. Liam set the camera down and went into the bathroom, where he knelt down next to her and held her hair back with one hand, rubbing her back with the other.

Once she's done, she sits back and rests against his bare chest. He stroked her hair as he asked, "Do you feel better now, love?"

Carrie sighed as she felt him stroking her hair. "I'll feel even better once this is over." She looked at Liam. "You must have the patience of a saint to put up with me like this, Liam."

"I learned it from my father," he replied. "He was supportive throughout all four of my mother's pregnancies, and I'm going to be just as supportive of you." He kissed her forehead and placed his hand on her belly. "You two are the most important things in the world to me and I'm not going to leave you, ever."

"That's good, because I can totally see us growing old together," she said with a smile as she placed her hand over his.

"You're not the only one, love," Liam said. "I can picture that too. And we'll be surrounded by our children and grandchildren."

He then helped Carrie to her feet and flushed the toilet, putting the seat down and sitting on it as he watched her brush her teeth to get rid of the smell of vomit, smiling at her.

"What are you smiling at, Liam?" she asked with her mouth full of toothpaste. It was also around her lips and he got up then moved closer to her. "Liam, what are you…" She squealed as he began to move his lips quickly over her face and made her drop the toothbrush with a loud clink in the sink.

Liam heard the toothbrush fall and then pulled her into his arms and kissed her passionately, not caring about the toothpaste around her lips. Carrie pulled back long enough to spit into the sink and wiped her mouth before returning his kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck. They pulled back again after a few minutes, looking into each other's eyes.

"I love you," they said in unison then smiled again before Liam was lifting his head a little to press his lips to her forehead in an affectionate manner.

Liam then got an idea. "How about we go downstairs and make breakfast? I'll make something special for you and the rest of our little 'family', as I'd like to call them."

"Sounds good to me," Carrie said. "I'm suddenly craving waffles with peanut butter." She saw the look on Liam's face. "Oh, don't look at me like that. It's what the baby wants. I warned you that I'm eating for two."

Liam nodded. "Okay." He then took her hand and placed her on his back. "Do you fancy a piggyback ride, love?"

"Wow, that's a blast from the past," Carrie said. "The last time you did that was in high school. I believe it was sophomore year, just after the homecoming game. The other cheerleaders were jealous, mostly because they thought you were giving me special treatment because you were the quarterback on the football team and I was the captain of the squad."

Liam smiled, also remembering that night. He felt like the king of the world, carrying his queen on his back. He then carried her out of the bathroom and downstairs to the kitchen to make the breakfast, which included the waffles and peanut butter Carrie was craving.

Over at the Dormitory…

Andrea snuggles up to Dante as he reads aloud to her from the book she's supposed to read for college and lets her hand stroke over his arm as he's holding the book.

Dante looked up from what he was reading as he felt what Andrea was doing to him, putting the book down and smiling at her. "Miss Donovan, you're making it difficult for me to concentrate here."

Andrea playfully pouted. "I'm sorry, Mr. Salvatore. It's just that I got distracted by how incredibly sexy you are."

He smiled again then rolled her until she was on her side, kissing her gently on the lips before putting his arms around her in a loose embrace, nuzzling her cheek and making her giggle a little.

Dante smiled as he heard Andrea's giggles. "You have a beautiful giggle, my love."

Andrea returned his smile. "I only giggle like that for you."

"Well then, I should make you giggle more often," he said as he rolled back over then picked up the book once again and picked up where he left off.

Damon and Elena's House – That Same Moment…

Elena yawned and stretched as she woke up, sitting up in bed. She looked at Damon's side to discover him missing. Before she could wonder where he went, she saw him coming into their bedroom with a tray in his hands. "You made me breakfast in bed? What's the occasion?"

Damon smiled. "Does a man need an occasion to pamper his wife?" He placed the tray down on her lap. "I made Belgian waffles. Of course, the kids wanted some too, so I made some for them." He cleared his throat. "Oh, and Katie's kind of bummed about something. I tried to ask her what was wrong and she wouldn't tell me. What happened to the little girl who used to tell me everything?"

"She's sixteen, Damon," Elena said. "Sixteen-year-old girls don't tell their fathers everything. Hell, Katherine and I never told OUR father everything when we were her age." Curiously, she added, "Did she want to talk to me, or maybe Juliet?" It dawned on her. "Oh, I think I know what this is about."

"You do?"

"Sure," Elena said. "Think about it, Damon, who else besides me and Juliet does Katie confide in? Carrie."

"What does that have to do with it?"

Elena rolled her eyes and playfully swatted him. "Damon, Katie misses Carrie. That's why she's bummed."

Damon nodded as he began to eat his plate of the waffles he'd brought in for Elena.

Elena smiled as she watched Damon eating the waffles on his plate, loving him more and more.

After breakfast, they laid back down for a little bit more sleep when they felt themselves being separated by someone jumping in between them.

Damon smiled when he saw Katie in between them. "Hey there, Princess," he said.

Katie returned his smile as she said, "Hi Daddy." She smiled at her mother. "Hey, Mom," she said.

"Hi sweetheart," Elena said as she reached over and stroked her daughter's hair off her shoulder.

"Are you two going to be lazy-bums for the rest of the day or am I going to have to go get Juliet and have her help me drag you out of bed?" Katie demanded as she planted her hands firmly on her hips and Elena laughed as she grabbed a hold of her second oldest daughter and pulled her down until she could nestle her close.

Elena suddenly felt a wave of nausea hit her and, excusing herself from her husband and daughter, rushed to the bathroom and Damon cringed as he heard his wife vomit from the other side of the door. Oh, crap, this wasn't what he thought it was, was it? Katie looked at her father, curious about her mother. "What's happening in there, Daddy?"

"I don't know, but I think we're going to find out."

The second Damon said that, Elena came out of the bathroom, a bit pale. She saw Damon and Katie looking at her and said, "Damon, do you remember that little celebration we had after Carrie announced her engagement two weeks ago? Well, I think that in addition to being not only future in-laws and grandparents, we're going to be parents again."

Katie's eyes went wide. "You're pregnant, Mom?"

Elena repeated her earlier motions, stroking her daughter's dark hair. "Yes, sweetie, I am. Are you happy for me?" she asked as she hugged Katie gently to her.

Katie returned her mother's hug. "Are you kidding? I'm excited for you!" She squealed happily. "I can't WAIT to tell Carrie when I call her!"

Damon smiled as well and hugged both his wife and daughter. He couldn't be prouder of them than he was at that moment. He was going to be a father again, and that was definitely something worth celebrating. He made a mental note to call Stefan after this to tell him the news.

Meanwhile…

April stepped shakily up to the sink and clutched tightly onto it. "April, honey, which one do you think looks better?" she heard her husband asking her as he moved into her vision. "Honey, what's the matter?"

"I'm … pregnant, Matt," she said before fainting and he dropped the ties he was holding to catch her before she could hit the floor.

April groaned as she woke up and looked up to see Matt looking at her, concern evident in his blue eyes. "Oh, baby, thank God you're all right."

"I'm…sorry, Matt. I didn't mean to scare you."

"Don't be sorry, April," he replied. "Don't ever say you're sorry. I'm just glad that you're okay." He smiled. "Is it true? We're going to have another baby?"

April nodded weakly. "Yes, my love, it's true."

Matt grinned as if he was experiencing it all over again then leaned down to kiss her softly. "I'm so happy right now, I could burst," he told her when he finally broke the kiss.

April smiled at him. "I knew you'd be happy, Matt." She kissed him again. "I can't wait to tell my dad about this. He'll be just as happy to know that he has another grandchild on the way. And I'm sure that Gavin and Andrea will be happy when they find out that they'll have a little brother or sister."

"We'll tell them," her husband said. "Right now, I just want to bask in the moment."

She giggled and pulled him down for another kiss and they were soon making love.

At the Studio – Later…

"Whoa, whoa, Katie, calm down. What's this about Mom being pregnant?"

Carrie was having a bit of difficulty understanding what Katie was telling her when she received a call from her later that day. Katie then repeated what she originally told her sister.

"Mom found out this morning that she's pregnant again," she replied. "We're going to have a little brother, or a sister. Juliet and I would love a sister, but Dominic and Damian are all for having a brother."

"Wouldn't put it past them to think that way," Carrie said, rolling her eyes. "In any case, I'm happy for both Mom and Daddy, and I'd also like to apologize if I've kept you out of the loop recently, Katie."

"Hey, its okay, I know you had your reasons, and I totally understand," Katie said. "I was disappointed at first, but I got over it." She smiled. "How's Liam?"

"He's great. Hell, he's more than great, he's amazing," Carrie said. "He just can't seem to do enough for me."

"I'm happy that he's going to soon be a part of the family," Katie gushed from her end of the phone conversation.

"You're not the only one, Katie Bug," Carrie said, teasing her little sister with the nickname she'd given Katie when she was little and liked to inspect the ladybugs in their backyard.

Katie laughed. "I never get tired of that nickname."

Carrie laughed as well. "I know. And I never get tired of calling you that," she said as she turned and smiled at Liam when he wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Hello, Katie Bug," he said to his future sister in law through the phone.

Katie laughed at Liam's voice. "Hi, Liam, it's good to hear that gorgeous accent of yours."

"It's good to hear your voice as well, love," Liam said. "I hear that you're going to be a sister again. That's exciting."

"I am too," Katie said through the phone, smiling even though her sister and Carrie's fiancé couldn't see her. Carrie bit her lower lip to keep a moan from escaping when she felt Liam begin to stroke her inner thigh over the material of her cotton pajama pants.

Carrie then said into the phone, "I'll call you later, Katie. Tell Mom and Daddy that I love them, okay?" After hanging up with her sister, she looked at Liam. "You do realize that you nearly made me embarrass myself on the phone, right?"

"My apologies, love," Liam said, a smile on his face. "The temptation to touch your thigh was just too great to resist." He ran his hand down her thigh again. "I just had to touch it."

"Oh, Liam, you're making my hormones skyrocket through the roof!" she said before turning in his arms and pulling his face down to hers and crashing their mouths together. He kissed her deeply and lifted her up onto the kitchen counter.

Carrie returned his kiss and let out a muffled squeal as he lifted her up and placed her on the kitchen counter. She then left his lips, letting her head fall back so that he could kiss her neck, letting a moan escape her throat. Liam smiled against her throat as he felt the vibration of her moan, playfully nibbling her delicate flesh with his teeth, running his hands up and down her body, caressing her every curve.

"I love you, Carrie Salvatore," he whispered against her neck as he picked her up in his arms then carried her up to their bedroom, where he lowered her onto the bed and followed her down onto the soft, cool sheets.

Carrie smiled at him and before they went further, she whispered into his ear, "Did you remember to lock the door?"

Liam let out a soft curse and then got up from the bed momentarily to close and lock the door for privacy before returning to her and climbed on top of her. "Now, where were we, love?"

Carrie giggled at the seductive whisper that blended in with his accent. "I believe you were about to make my hormones really skyrocket."

"Ah, yes, I remember." Wasting no time, he claimed her lips with his, moving his hands up and down her body.

But they were soon interrupted by the cell phone ringing from Liam's back pocket and they both groaned as he reached down to pull it out to see that Dante was calling him.

Liam didn't want to answer it, but he knew that if he ignored Dante, he'd just call him again and again. He rolled down next to Carrie, putting his arm around her waist while he pressed SEND and put the phone to his ear. "This better be important, Dante. Carrie and I are trying to have some alone time."

"I know, I know, I'm interrupting you and I'm sorry," he replied. "But, I just got a call from my mom. Apparently, Aunt Sabrina just broke up with her boyfriend and wants us to come to Grandpa and Eleanor's."

Liam growled at that. He loved and treasured his Aunt Sabrina, and they were very close, just as close as he was with his siblings and cousins. "All right, we'll be there. If Aunt Sabrina needs her family, then that's what she'll get." He hung up and looked at Carrie. "Sorry, love, but I'm afraid that there's a bit of a family crisis. You know my Aunt Sabrina, right?"

"Of course I do," Carrie said. "Why? What happened?"

"Greg Williams, that's what," Liam said. "He's gone and broken her heart, and that just made me hate him even more than when he first walked into our lives." He took her hand and squeezed it. "I want to be there for her, and at the same time, I want you to be there for me."

Carrie nodded and squeezed his hand, kissing him softly. "You know I will, Liam. I love you, and I'm not going to let you go through this alone."

Liam smiled and returned her kiss. "Thank you, Carrie. You have no idea how much this means to me."

She smiled at him and he smiled back before they both climbed from the bed to go get dressed to go to his family's mansion to help support his Aunt Sabrina.

Mikaelon Mansion – Later…

Liam and Carrie arrived at the Mikaelson mansion and were greeted by Eleanor, who gave them a big hug. "Thank you both for coming. Sabrina needs her family around her more than ever."

Carrie nodded once they stepped back. "We know, Eleanor. In times like this, it's good to know that you can count on your family."

Liam nodded as well. "Where is she?"

Eleanor nodded pointedly toward the living room. "She's in the living room with your grandfather and everyone else. I'm sure she'll be happy to see you, Liam."

Liam nodded again and walked into the mansion, Carrie following half a beat later, taking his hand and squeezing it gently to assure him that she was here with him, kissing his cheek for good measure. Liam looked at her and smiled, kissing her forehead and moving down to her lips. He loved her so much and he was glad that she was with him right now, because her presence was a comfort to him.

They found Sabrina where Eleanor told them she'd be. When she saw her nephew, she went to him and hugged him. "You have no idea how grateful I am to see you, Liam." She stepped back and looked at Carrie. "And you too, Carrie. Father told me that you and Liam got engaged and that you're expecting. I'm happy for you both."

"Thank you, Sabrina," Carrie said as she snuggled into Liam's embrace.

Liam smiled at Carrie and looked at Sabrina. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm still feeling the sting of what that jerk did to me, but I'm hanging in there," she replied. "I can't believe that I fell for his shallow charms."

"This isn't your fault, Aunt Sabrina," Liam said. "We all make mistakes, and mistakes are to learn by. The best thing you can do is to show him that you're not going to let what he did get you down. If you let it get to you, he wins."

"You're absolutely right," Sabrina said. "The only way I'm going to get through this is to not let this affect me. Greg can have that little tramp he left me for if he thinks she's so much better. Good riddance to bad rubbish."

"Damn right," Liam said. "You deserve a man that will treat you like the lady that you are."

Author's Note: Well, I hoped you enjoyed seeing the appearance of Sabrina. I haven't yet determined who her play-by will be, but I know it will be a good/great one!